[xyzzyb]

Ready Set Rails is running PHP? I'd think that a site promoting Rails and a Rails workshop would be, you know, using Rails. :-)

[hijk]

Heh, good eye. Ultimately, I'm a pragmatist, and there isn't a blogging platform as flexible and as powerful as WordPress built in Rails. I like to think it is my pragmatic approach to learning Rails that separates my workshop from other ("Kitchen sink included!") training options.

But to keep it a part of my normal Rails workflow, I'm running WP on Heroku (http://decielo.com/articles/350/wordpress-on-heroku-up-and-r...), and using it with Pow locally. :]

That config stood up to HN traffic quite well on the one free dyno from Heroku.

[xyzzyb]

Heh, no worries. It just caught my eye (former WP dev). I'm actually really impressed with offerings like Octopress or, more Rails specific, Bloggy: http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2012/introducing-bloggy-a-sim...

But, wow, that configuration deserves an HN traffic spike recap blog post!